Identity & Aadhaar

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. Narendra Modi, 26 May 2014 to 30 May 2019

   BJP NDA government

   • ImplementedBJP11 Mar 2016

     Aadhaar Act, 2016 and the national Aadhaar identity programme

     A 12-digit biometric-linked identity number begun by the Planning Commission in 2009 and given statutory backing in 2016; the Supreme Court upheld the Act in 2018 while limiting mandatory linking.

     Evidence points +12.5 (range +12.0 to +13.0)